This is super exciting news for us, last month we celebrated 1year of trading and so to be shortlisted for the awards is fantastic news after all our hard work in 2009.

Launching a new consultancy, bang in the middle of a huge recession was always going to be a gamble. We took a strategic approach and quickly developed a strong and diverse portfolio of clients and quite lietrally have grown from strength to strength, month on month.

So time to dust of the tux ready for the awards ceremony on the 26th March… good luck to everyone that has been shortlisted, its going to be a fantastic night!

In recognition of our own success, we felt it only right to enter NBG for the Observer Business of the Year Awards (Innovation category). After careful consideration, we selected the innovation category as we felt it best reflected the hard work and efforts we put in over the year.

Growing our clients businesses whilst the country was gripped by one of the worse economic downturns in history took some highly innovative marketing clever PR, exceptionally clever campaigns and a strong focus on growing and strengthening our clients brand awareness.

NBG has grown at a phenomenal rate throughout 2009 and this growth has meant we have had to implement new and innovative marketing tools and online services to assist and support our growing portfolio of clients. These tools include secure log-in areas for clients to file share, communicate and monitor project progress. In addition, we have implemented a highly sufficticated email marketing system, which again allows our clients to log-in and monitor campaign success.

NBG is based in Chichester and is fast growing to establish itself as the leading marketing consultancy in Sussex and with our application for the awards now handed in we wait patiently with fingers crossed and eagerly await the judges decision.

Good luck to all the businesses entering this years awards!